Tuolumne County
Tuolumne County Fishing Reports
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The salmon bite is on at Don Pedro. Guides are out there daily pulling quality Kokanee and Kings all around the lake. Pink hoochies with gold dodgers seem to be the money combination (tipped with scented corn), run between 45-60 feet. Early mornings have been the most productive, but guys are still getting fish launching their boats late. Reports...
The salmon bite is on at Don Pedro. Guides are out there daily pulling quality Kokanee and Kings all around the lake. Pink hoochies with gold dodgers seem to be the money combination (tipped with scented corn), run between 45-60 feet. Early mornings have been the most productive, but guys are still getting fish launching their boats late. Reports mention the speed matters... so if fish aren't biting, switch it up quickly. There's no consistent speed pattern right now, so experimentation is essential.
The spotted bass bite has been awesome as well, as fish transition out of spawn and start keying in on shad. Any shad-imitation baits... underspins, A-rigs, jerkbaits... are all getting fish. The topwater bite is really firing off as well off points and backs of coves in the mornings. A few guys are still throwing big swimbaits with success... hitting those trophy bass still keyed in on rainbows and smaller salmon.
Pinecrest has received a CDFW trout stock every week since the end of April... and they have been biting. Trollers are toplining orange or pink spoons 1.5-1.8 mph hooking into plenty of rainbows with the occasional bigger holdover or Kokanee mixed in. Casters are using bright colored tubes with similar success... drifting in the wind near points...
Pinecrest has received a CDFW trout stock every week since the end of April... and they have been biting. Trollers are toplining orange or pink spoons 1.5-1.8 mph hooking into plenty of rainbows with the occasional bigger holdover or Kokanee mixed in. Casters are using bright colored tubes with similar success... drifting in the wind near points and rocky structure. The water temp is right in the low-to-mid 50s, so fish are suspended... not holding near the bottom yet (more in the summer months). So if you are casting Powerbait or floated night crawlers, make sure your leader is long... 5+ feet.
The bass bite is slowly getting better and better at New Melones. Water temps are now in the low 60s, and spotted bass are starting to key in on shallower transition points and structure in 10-20 feet. Baitfish imitations have been best... blade baits, swimbaits, and jerkbaits are all hooking fish. A few bigger largemouth are being caught as well...
The bass bite is slowly getting better and better at New Melones. Water temps are now in the low 60s, and spotted bass are starting to key in on shallower transition points and structure in 10-20 feet. Baitfish imitations have been best... blade baits, swimbaits, and jerkbaits are all hooking fish. A few bigger largemouth are being caught as well on green pumpkin crawdad imitations (jigs, soft plastics).
The Kokanee bite is finally going, with limits coming for trollers running pink or gold hoochies in 30-50 feet. Size has been underwhelming, but numbers are good.
A few nice rainbows have reportedly been caught from shore on small swimbaits and ned rigs. Likely from folks going for bass.
